The long-term vision of Feed the Future West/WINNER, a five year projectfinanced by USAID, is to improve the livelihoods of people living in the targetedcorridors of Cul-de-Sac and the Matheux, reduce the threat from flooding, and investin sustainable agriculture development in the selected corridors, through a value chain approach.

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Feed the Future West/WINNER and UMCOR support farmers to reduce post harvest losses

Feed the Future West/WINNER and UMCOR support farmers to reduce post harvest losses After 10 days of training sessions in post harvest management, fifty farmers received their certificates at a ceremony held at the Rural Center for Sustainable Development (CRDD) of Bas Boen, in the Cul-de-Sac plain, on Friday December 13th, 2013. Jointly organized by the United Methodist Committee on Relief - UMCOR and the Feed the Future West/WINN

The Rural Centers for Sustainable Development (CRDD), soon managed by independent entities

The Rural Centers for Sustainable Development (CRDD), soon managed by independent entities In order to ensure that the Rural Centers for Sustainable Development (CRDDs) have a smooth transition to being managed by independent entities, a three-day training was held from December 3rd to December 5th, 2013, at Palm Events in Petion-Ville for those entities called upon to manage the CRDDs. The CRDDs are training, demonstration,

The Rural Center for Sustainable Development (CRDD) of Bas Boen joins the West Departmental Direction of MARNDR, and the Cooperative of Chanpyon Farmers of the Cul-de-Sac plain to launch the 2013-2014 winter bean planting season

The Rural Center for Sustainable Development (CRDD) of Bas Boen joins the West Departmental Direction of MARNDR, and the Cooperative of Chanpyon Farmers of the Cul-de-Sac plain to launch the 2013-2014 winter bean planting season The Rural Center for Sustainable Development (CRDD) of Bas Boen, implemented by the Feed the Future West/WINNER project, funded by USAID, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Natural Res

Success stories

Haitian farmers adopt the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and more than double their yields

Leo Andres Pablo Julson was born in Merceron, in the Haitian commune of Thomazeau. He lost his mother at the age of ten, an event that marked him deeply. He was forced to quit school shortly after her death to help his father in the fields and remembers working long hours by his side. Their hard work did not pay off as they would have liked – life as a farmer was difficult and their agricultural production remained low. Today, as a

SOTRAPAL S.A : the fruit of a public-private partnership transforms the products of food processing

The Society for the Transformation of Food-Processing Products (SOTRAPAL S.A) is an association created by GIKEN (a private Haitian company) and the Coopérative of Transformation of Food-Processing Products (COTRAPAL) comprised of the Association of Progressive Citizens for the Development of Duvier (ACPDD) and the Organization of Young People for the Development of Célicourt (OJEUDEC). ACPDD and OJEUDEC are beneficiaries of USAID